Putin deliberately created the conditions for his invasion. He blamed Nato then, as he has for all his empire-building, yet his apologists believe him.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus last week issued, then quickly withdrew, a poorly timed letter to President Joe Biden urging stepped-up efforts to negotiate a settlement to the war in Ukraine.
Few policy makers in recent American history have been as controversial on the world stage as Paul Wolfowitz, the newly elected President of the World Bank.